Tutorial

[Phil Schaffner]

On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 12:37 -0500, Thomas w. Cranston wrote:
> Daniel Orzechowski wrote:
> 
> > At 11:40 AM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
> >
> >> Alt-Fi did not work.
> >>
> >> I am looking for a tutorial about the Linux Command line, that works 
> >> with FC3
> >
> >
> > I said to use Control-Alt-F1. Hold down the Control and Alt keys, and 
> > then hit F1, F2, F3, and so on.
> >
> > And if you're looking for a command-line Linux guide and not a general 
> > FC3 guide, do a Google search for "Bash shell tutorial" or something 
> > similar. The Bash shell is the default command shell used with FC3. 
> > Here's one I found: http://linux.org.mt/article/terminal
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Dan Orzechowski
> > SAIC Marine Science and Technology Division
> > 401.848.4786
> 
> Control Alt F1 instantly shut my computer down.

That would be surprising.

> I am afraid to perform 
> Control Alt F2, etc. Why don't you try them and tell me what happens.

They will take you to virtual consoles 2-6.  Behavior similar to this
has been the case since about Red Hat 3.0 IIRC (at least for the last
several years, and no I don't mean RHEL 3 :-).  Are you sure that what
you refer to as "instantly shut my computer down" is not just the black
text screen with a virtual console login prompt?   Did you try Ctrl-Alt-
F7 or Alt-F7 to get back to X?

Phil